The Constitution Twenty-first Amendment Bill is in circulation at Parliament. The private member bill was introduced on 1 November and presented to the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Constitutional Development on 26 November, by MP Glynnis Breytenbach. The bill aims to amend the Constitution to establish the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) as an institution supporting and Read more >
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CORRUPTION NEWS
To successfully tackle a problem and implement meaningful policy reform, there must be a clear understanding not only of the problem itself, but of the context in which that problem exists. For South Africa’s corruption problem, such understanding of the context is inadequate and little empirical information is available in this regard, and as a Read more >
CORRUPTION NEWS
By Colette AshtonFirst published on Institute for Security Studies Corruption and state capture over the past decade in South Africa were enabled by an attack on the independence and capacity of its criminal justice agencies. As the country struggles to bring the perpetrators to book and prevent further damage, the question is: are South African Read more >
CORRUPTION NEWS
Advocate Kholeka Gcaleka only just garnered the required 60% majority of votes in the 19 October National Assembly (NA) debate on her appointment to become the next public protector. Things grew heated in the House and the opposition DA walked out, but nonetheless there are now just two steps remaining before Gcaleka is officially appointed Read more >